Louis sandees



(No Model.) L. SANDERS.

Fan. No. 237,606. Patented Feb. 8,1881.

WITNESSES c INVENTOR ATTORNEY N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON DC UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGEQ FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,606, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed December 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, LOUIS SANDERS, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fans, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in that class of fans inwhich the frame is centrallysplit into two sections and onehandle-section pivoted at the upper end to the other section, so as tobe swung on the pivot through an entire circle, and cause thereby theopening or closing of the web of the fan.

The invention consists of two longitudinally-divided handle-sections,which are pivoted to each other at their upper ends, and connected tothe web by sidewise-extending pins or studs of the end strips of theweb, said pins en gaging transverse guide slots or grooves of the upperwider parts of the handle-sections.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved fan, shown as partly open. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same,partly in section and Fig. 3, a horizontal section on line 00 00, Fig.2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the web, and B B thehandle-sections, of my improved fan. The handle-sections are wider attheir upper parts, where they inclose the web, and of narrowersemicircular shape at their lower parts, so as to form the handle properwhen placed one above the other. The handle-sections are longitudinallydivided and pivoted to each other at their upper ends and centrally tothe web. The end folds of the web A are applied to strips 0, which arearranged at their outer ends with pins or studs a,which extend inopposite directions to each other into transverse guide slots orinterior grooves. 12, of the handle-sections B, as shown clearly in Fig.3. The end strips, 0, of the web may thereby move in the space betweenthe upper wider parts of the handle-sections from one side to the otheras far as the slots will allow, so that when one handle-section is swungon its pivot through an entire circle for opening or closing the fan,the end strips change at the same time their position. the end strips bymeans of their pins in the slots or grooves of the handle-sections formsThe guiding of a reliable and durable connection of the eb terwhich thesocket is turned around its axis,

so as to lock thereby the swinging handle-section reliably to the othersection and retain the fan in open or closed position.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improvement in fans, the combination of pivotedhandle-sections B B, provided with transverse guide slots or grooves,with web A, having end strips,(l, and pins or studs a a, which extend inopposite directions to each other into the guide slots or grooves of thehandle-sections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed myname, in presence of. two witnesses, this 13th day of December, 1880.

LOUIS SANDERS.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, CARL KARP.

